> Hi All,
> I have a question about this whole Proccessor and video speed thing in
> the log text.I previously owned a Diamond Stealth 64 2mb Dram video card
> and then ordered a Diamond 3d 2000 4mb Dram card.This didn't improve any
> frame rates or video speed in the text.In fact it didn't improve in any
> of my games.I then sent it back and bought a Matrox Millenium 4mb Wram
> card.This to didn't improve any games which is really starting to bug
> me.I know this is a good card so whats the deal?My scores in GP2 are
> Proccessor speed 324 and video speed 320.Is this good or do I have
> something wrong?Thanks for any help you can give me.
> Mark Muckey
The processor rating is affected by your processor, motherboard, and memory
subsystem. The video rating is a standard VGA rating, reflecting your
video cards ability only in VGA, not SVGA. GP2 uses this video rating to
calculate the estimated fps, which in SVGA may or may not be accurate.
The ratings you get are exactly what I got with my P166 with a Stealth 64
2MB Dram, before I ran the S3SPDUP TSR. If you run this before you start
GP2, your video score should go up to 428, and it noticably speeds up
SVGA, at least 2fps. Run it like this: S3SPDUP /LOAD /VESA /VGA .
You should be able to download it from some of the game/sim sites.
Unless a game is written specifically for a 3D acelerator card, like the
Diamond 3D Blaster PCI, or the Intergraph Reactor, it will run about the
same on most high-quality cards, like the ones you've tried. Dos games
have to be written for the chip on the card, and in Windows95, the game
and the card have to support Direct 3D. If you want to see some improvement,
get the Intergraph Reactor and run ICR2. You will not be dissapointed.
GP2 will run the same on it.
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